Weird error with IDA plugin

[Jun Koi]

hi IDA experts,

on Windows XP 32bit, IDA 6.3, i wrote a small python code. it works
perfectly if i run it from menu "File/Script file".

then i want to register my code as a plugin, so i have code like this
in my script file:

......
if __name__ == "__main__":
idaapi.add_menu_item("Edit/Plugins/", "Testing", None, 0, code_test, None)


then i ran my code (selected "File/Script file"), and got no problem.
next, i chose menu "Edit/Plugins/Testing", but i got weird error like
on below code:

op1 = GetOpnd(off, 0)

The error reported is: "TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable"

i have no idea why i got this problem, given that if i run my Python
code_test() directly from "File/Script file" menu) without going thru
the Plugin menu, there is no such a problem.

this is pretty confused. any hint for me?

thanks so much,
Jun

[Elias Bachaalany]

Hi Jun,

Idapython plugin scrips unlike regular idapython scripts has to have a
specific structure and a special function called PLUGIN_ENTRY.

Do you have that?

HTH,
Elias

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[Jun Koi]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Elias Bachaalany
<elias.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jun,
>
> Idapython plugin scrips unlike regular idapython scripts has to have a
> specific structure and a special function called PLUGIN_ENTRY.
>
> Do you have that?

oops, only now i know that!

so once i have a script in python, how can i install my plugin?

thanks,
Jun

[nir izraeli]

put the .py file in IDAs plugins directory.

[Elias Bachaalany]

Hi Jun,

Check this out: http://www.hexblog.com/?p=120

[Jun Koi]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Elias Bachaalany
<elias.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jun,
>

> Check this out: http://www.hexblog.com/?p=120

This doesnt seem to say where to put the plugin.

OK, so following Nir's hints, i put my Python plugin under c:\program
files\IDA\plugins directory. the problem is that my code has more than
one .py files, and IDA seems to look at every .py files, and complains
that some .py file is not in correct form.

so in this case, what is the proper way to install my python plugin for me?

[Nir Izraeli]

Hi Jun,
I'd try creating a directory with the name you want and including the plug-in initialization code in the __init__.py file. I assume you did follow hex-ray's blog post and created a PLUGIN_ENTRY function (and the appropriate plug-in class).

Never tried it though, so please let me know if it works :)

- Nir

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